The Gray House

CONTENTS

BOOK ONE SMOKER

THE HOUSE MALE STUDENTS

AS OF BOOK ONE

The House sits . . .

SMOKER ON CERTAIN ADVANTAGES OF TRAINING FOOTWEAR

THE HOUSE INTERLUDE

THE HOUSE

SMOKER OF CONCRETE AND THE INEFFABLE PROPERTIES OF MIRRORS

THE HOUSE INTERLUDE

THE BACKYARD INTERLUDE

SMOKER OF BATS, DRAGONS, AND BASILISK EGGSHELLS

THE HOUSE INTERLUDE

THE FOREST

SMOKER VISITING THE CAGE

THE HOUSE INTERLUDE

SPHINX VISITING THE SEPULCHER

THE HOUSE INTERLUDE

SMOKER ON MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN BLACK SHEEP

THE HOUSE INTERLUDE

SMOKER POMPEY’S LAST STAND

BOOK TWO EIGHT DAYS IN THE LIFE OF JACKAL

THE HOUSE MALE STUDENTS

AS OF BOOK TWO

RALPH A SIDEWAYS GLANCE AT GRAFFITI

TABAQUI DAY THE FIRST

SMOKER ON APHIDS AND UNTAMED BULL TERRIERS

THE HOUSE INTERLUDE

TABAQUI DAY THE SECOND

THE CONFESSION OF THE SCARLET DRAGON

TABAQUI DAY THE THIRD

TABAQUI DAY THE FOURTH

THE SOOT OF THE STREETS SHARDS

THE HOUSE INTERLUDE

TABAQUI DAY THE FIFTH

TABAQUI DAY THE SIXTH

THE HOUSE INTERLUDE

A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CORRIDOR

WALKING WITH THE BIRD

TABAQUI DAY THE SEVENTH

SORCERY

BASILISKS

GHOST

TABAQUI DAY THE EIGHTH

THE LONGEST NIGHT

SPHINX THE LONGEST NIGHT

BOOK THREE THE ABANDONED NESTS

THE HOUSE MALE STUDENTS

AS OF THE END OF BOOK THREE

SPHINX

SPHINX

RED

RALPH

SMOKER

BLIND

TABAQUI

SPHINX

SMOKER

NOBLE’S TALE

GINGER’S TALE

SMOKER (CONTINUED)

RED’S TALE

TABAQUI’S TALE

SMOKER (CONTINUED)

EPILOGUE TALES FROM THE OTHER SIDE

BETWEEN THE WORLDS

VOICES FROM THE OUTSIDES

THE HAPPY BOY

THE ENCOUNTER

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR